ENG235 fall2020 u3 endocrine VOC

COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONSVIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GXGR7AFpQ 1/ What does the endocrine system do?. 3/ How many types of gland?. 4/ Name some endocrine glands and their main

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

UNIT 3 – VOCABULARY & READING (2 hours)

ENGLISH IN MEDICINE 1 – GENERAL PRACTITIONER Y2

Presenter: Nguyen Hoang Quynh Mai Editor: Nguyen Hoang Quynh Mai Email: 1004quynhmai@gmail.com

1 COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GXGR7AFpQ

1/ What does the endocrine system do?

2/ What is hormone?

3/ How many types of gland? How they are different?

4/ Name some endocrine glands and their main functions.

Gland Hormone Receptor Target tissue Endocrine Exocrine

1 COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS

1 Adrenal glands A located in the neck on either side of the trachea

2 Ovaries C 4 small glands on the posterior of the thyroid gland

3 Pancreas D located in the lower abdomen of a female

4 Parathyroid

glands

E located at the base of the brain; composed of an anterior and a posterior lobe

5 Pituitary gland F located on top of both kidneys

6 Testes G two glands enclosed in the scrotal sac of a male

7 Thyroid gland H located behind the stomach

MAJOR ENDOCRINE GLANDS

1 Adrenaline A increases reabsorption of water by the kidney

2 Androgen B female hormone

3 ADH C secreted in times of stress, has anti-inflammatory effect

4 Calcitonin D Stimulates uterus contraction during labor & childbirth

5 Cortisol E increases heart rate and blood pressure

6 Estrogen F decreases blood sugar

7 Glucagon G decreases blood calcium levels

8 Insulin H male hormone

9 GH I increases blood sugar

10 Oxytocin K stimulates growth of bones and soft tissues

MAJOR HORMONES

1 COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS

GENERAL FUNCTION

 Makes hormones that control your moods, growth and

development, metabolism, organs, and reproduction

 Controls how your hormones are released

 Sends those hormones into your bloodstream so they can

travel to other body parts

1 COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS

Gland Hormone Receptor Target tissue

Endocrine Exocrine Adrenal Ovary

Pancreas Parathyroid Pituitary Testes

Thyroid Reabsorption Stimulate Ovulation

Metabolism Cortex Medulla Regulate

2 SIGNS & SYMPTOMS

3 LABORATORY TESTS

Fasting Plasma Glucose

(FPG) Serum and urine tests Thyroid function tests

4 DISEASES

GIGANTISM

3 MRI C Measurement of eyeball protrusion (as in Graves

5 INTERVENTIONS

6 TERMINOLOGY

aden/o gland crin/o secrete

adrenal/o adrenal gland dips/o thirst

gonad/o sex glands estr/o female

pancreat/o pancreas hormon/o hormone

parathyroid/o parathyroid gland phys/o growing

pituitar/o pituitary gland -tropin stimulating the function of

thyr/o, thyroid/o thyroid gland hyper- excessive; above

andr/o male hypo- below; less than normal

cortic/o outer region poly- many or increased

REVIEW EXERCISES

GAME ON KAHOOT

REVIEW ON STUDY STACK

1/ Components & Functions:

2/ Diseases & Interventions:

WRITING PRACTICE

1 What is polydipsia? (3 sentences)

2 What is goiter? (3 sentences)

3 Imagine you are the endocrine system, introduce your main components and functions (2 paragraphs)

& ANSWERS